Garda Vetting

The Irish Council for Social Housing is now registered with An Garda Siochana as an Authorised Signatory for Garda Vetting. ICSH members can now have staff or volunteers vetted through the ICSH.

If you are interested in having your staff or volunteers vetted, you should contact the ICSH with your details. A form will then be forwarded to you for the person that is to be vetted to complete. This should then be sent back to the ICSH who as the Authorised Signatory will forward it to the Garda Vetting Unit.

All forms and results will be treated in the strictest of confidence and in line with Data Protection guidelines.

An Garda Siochana suggest that common sense is employed in deciding who to vet. The service is designed to protect children and vulnerable adults. Staff and volunteers who will not have unsupervised access to such groups of people may not need vetting. A charge of €5 per vetting application will be charged to ICSH members. This fee is subject to change.

For further information, contact Catherine McGillycuddy, Membership Support Officer on 01 6618334 or catherine@icsh.ie.